ECUADOR

Bond buyback to come early

QUITO - Ecuador is going to buy back about $400 million of its global bonds due in 2012 in the first half of 2006, the economy minister
Magdalena Barreiro
said Tuesday.

BELGIUM

Brewer InBev names CEO

BRUSSELS - Brewer InBev, the world's largest brewery by volume, announced
Brazilian Carlos Brito
, 45, will be CEO.

InBev was formed last year by the merger of Belgium's Interbrew with South Amer-
ica's largest brewer, AmBev. Its brands include Brazil's Brahma and Belgium's Stella Artois.

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•The
Bush administration
is punishing nine companies — six in
China
, two in
India
and one in
Austria
— for selling missile and chemical items to
Iran
. The U.S. will not provide export licenses to the com-
panies and will ban U.S. gov-
ernment purchases from them.
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Mexico's bolsa
rose 55.76 to 17,832.64. The peso fell to 9.3153 cents from 9.3747. The dollar rose to 10.735 pesos from 10.667.